WEBVTT MIKE: THE SHERIFF SAYS H DOESN'T BELIEVE THE INMATE IS IN THIS AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 18 ANYMORE. THIS IS WHERE THE MASSIVE MANHUNT HAPPENED ALL DAY LONG. INVESTIGATORS SAY 25-YEAR-OLD BLAKE ROCHESTER, WHO WAS SERVING A SENTENCE FOR BREAKING INTO MOTOR VEHICLES, ESCAPED FROM THE LIVESAY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. INVESTIGATORS SAY ROCHESTER CARJACKED A DRIVER IN SPARTANBURG, DUMPED THE CAR IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, AND RAN. THE SHERIFF SAYS HE BELIEV ROCHESTER GOT A GUN THAT WAS HIDDEN NEAR HIS FAMILY'S PROPERTY HIS SISTER SAYS HE CALLED THE FAMILY LAST NIGHT TO TELL THEM ABOUT HIS ESCAPE, AND TH OFFICERS WOULD HAVE TO KILL HI HIS RELATIVES SAY THEY REPORTED WHAT HE TOLD THEM. A WOMAN WHO'S KNOWN HIM SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAYS SHE HOPES HE'S ARRESTED PEACEFULLY. >> I'M DEFINITELY AFRAID FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BECAUSE I HEAR HE'S ARMED NOW, SO THAT WORRIES ME, TOO. BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY LOVE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND HER THEY'RE THE BEST. THEY REALLY AR MIKE: IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, OR YOU SEE BLAKE ROCHESTER, CALL 911. MIKE MCCORMICK, WYFF NEWS 4,